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Organized Rebellion
Nat Turner
slave resistance on plantations was unsuccessful because the plantation owners were united and if a slave tried to escape they would help each other find him/her. another reason is because slaves were often too scared to resist, they would be made to watch others being punished (most common if whipping) or have been punished themselves.
Depending if the resistance is on the slaver or at the plantation, it could be, for the slave ship, refusal to eat. The ships captain usually had special tools to pry open the slaves mouth to force them to eat. At a plantation, it was usually running away, or breaking the tools needed for farming
Strong resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act, where members of the public were obliged to report anyone who looked as though they might be a runaway slave, on pain of heavy fines.